Fedora In the News
In this section, we cover news from the trade press and elsewhere that is re-posted to the Fedora Marketing list[1]
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
Fedora 14 Preview: What's New in Fedora 14? (Linux.com)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a post from Linux.com on the feature set forthcoming in Fedora 14:
"But when you first read the list of features highlighted for Fedora 14, you might think the release is targeting developers. What with new and updated programming languages, simpler and faster debugging, and better developer tools the feature list looks like the only users would be those that actually develop the distribution or applications for the distribution.
Not so. Fedora 14 offers a well-rounded list of new features that should make this release appeal to a wide range. And since it's now in Alpha, we can all take a close look at what's coming. I did just that...and I was very impressed."
The full post is available[2].
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-September/013436.html
- ↑ hhttp://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/365130-whats-in-store-for-fedora-14
Spicy Fedora 14 Adds New Linux Flavor (LinuxPlanet)
Kara Schiltz forwarded[1] an article discussing innovations in Fedora 14 beta:
"The Red Hat sponsored Fedora Linux community distribution is out this week with the first beta of the Fedora 14 release. The new distribution updates key applications and introduces new security and virtualization capabilities as well as support for the latest open source programming languages.
"A lot of the features in Fedora 14 are more under-the-covers type plumbing that needed to be done," Jared Smith, Fedora Project Leader, told /InternetNews.com/. "There are not a lot of new desktop-centric features in this release.
One new feature that desktop users may benefit from is the SPICE virtualization support included in Fedora 14. SPICE, the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environment, is technology that Red Hat gained as part of its acquisition of Qumranet [2] in 2008."
The full post is also available[3].
Fedora 14 adds MeeGo -- and spiced-up virtualization (DesktopLinux.com)
Kara Schiltz forwarded[1] a brief article on features in Fedora 14 beta:
"The Fedora Project announced the Beta release of "Fedora 14 "Laughlin," featuring faster JPEG downloads and MeeGo 1.0 for Netbooks. The Fedora 14 Beta also adds improved debugging and IPMI server management, and debuts the "Spice" virtualization desktop[2] framework and "Systemd" management technology for faster start-ups.
Developed by a Fedora Project community of more than 20,000 collaborators, the open source Fedora is a techie-focused upstream contributor to _Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)[3]. Think of it as sort of a crystal ball looking at future enhancements to RHEL, as well as Linux distributions in general."
The full post is also available[4]
Fedora 14 Beta Available for Download (eWeek.com)
Kara Schiltz forwarded[1] an article in eWeek covering the release of Fedora 14 beta:
"The Fedora 14 Beta, with a slightly shorter new features list, has been released. All work will focus on bug fixing and stability issues before the official release in November.
Fedora 14 beta is available for download, said Red Hat release engineer Dennis Gilmore[2] in an e-mail to the developer mailing list on Sept. 28.
'Mark your calendars, and get ready to break out and have some fun: Fedora 14 will launch in early November,' Gilmore wrote while announcing the availability of the beta. The beta is the distribution’s last development build before its official release."
The full post is available[3]